Enrollment
278
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GEARY COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 200789001264
Westwood Elem
1600 N Eisenhower Dr, Junction City, KS 66441 · (785) 717-4150 · Geary County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
212 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
60.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
51.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 44.6% | 50.5% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Kansas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Westwood Elem
Westwood Elem's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood Elem this school | 278 | 76.3% | 48.7% |
| College Hill Elem Wichita | 378 | 71.2% | 40.3% |
| Earl Lawson Early Education Center Leavenworth | 282 | 66.7% | N/A |
| Stony Point South Kansas City | 247 | 78.1% | 22.5% |
| Randolph Elem Topeka | 346 | 72.8% | 31.6% |
| David Brewer Elementary Leavenworth | 319 | 76.2% | 22.4% |
Matched among Kansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Westwood Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Geary County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #234 of 625 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #201 of 625 | #4 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #167 of 625 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #413 of 714 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #157 of 539 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #40 of 540 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #133 of 658 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.6% | #82 of 151 | #4 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
278
+14 (+5%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 278 | 22.4 | 12.4:1 | 76% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 259 | 21.9 | 11.8:1 | 80% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 21.6 | 11.9:1 | 75% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 264 | 21 | 12.6:1 | 78% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 256 | 22 | 11.6:1 | 82% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 21 | 13.8:1 | 82% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 366 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 86% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 339 | 20 | 16.9:1 | 76% (256) |
| 1990-91 | 350 | 18 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westwood Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (256 to 278); teachers up 2% (22 to 22.4).
About Westwood Elem
Westwood Elem is a public medium-sized elementary school in Junction City, Kansas. Enrolled students number 278 students, in pre-K through 5.
The district, Geary County Schools, has 7,293 students enrolled across 15 schools.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Westwood Elem, at 43%. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 18% Black, and 14% multiracial. By comparison, Geary County residents are about 59% White. Westwood Elem's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
Westwood Elem employs 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Westwood Elem's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 76%. That is higher than the 55% average for public schools in Geary County.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Westwood Elem is among the top 10% of schools in Kansas. Predicted: 25.7%. Actual: 48.7%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Geary County show that the median household income is $59,317, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Besides Westwood Elem, Geary County has 13 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Lincoln Elem is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Westwood Elem. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Westwood Elem is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Westwood Elem the locale Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school enrolled 278 students in 2024-25, 14 more than the 264 it had in 2020-21.
The Westwood Elem community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Geary County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,815
Census ACS
Median income
$59,317
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,880 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Geary County Schools
- Junction City Sr HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Junction City Middle SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Ware ElemElementary · 623 students
- LTG Richard J. Seitz ElementaryElementary · 615 students
- Fort Riley Middle SchoolMiddle · 541 students
- Morris Hill ElemElementary · 413 students
Other schools in Junction City
- Junction City Sr HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Junction City Middle SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Spring Valley ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 370 students
- Washington ElemElementary · 350 students
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 305 students
Other Westwood Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 20 states are named Westwood Elementary. Westwood Elem is the 35th largest of the 37.
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGREENWOOD, AR · 839 students
- Westwood ElementarySan Diego, CA · 832 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolStillwater, OK · 626 students
- Westwood ElementaryDe Pere, WI · 623 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 614 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elem1.0 mi · 305
- Washington Elem1.0 mi · 350
- Sheridan Elem1.8 mi · 255
- Junction City Middle School1.8 mi · 900
- Junction City Sr High2.0 mi · 1,713
- Eisenhower Elem2.1 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About Westwood ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Westwood Elem?
Westwood Elem enrolls approximately 278 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Westwood Elem serve?
Westwood Elem serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Westwood Elem have?
Westwood Elem employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westwood Elem?
At Westwood Elem, the student body is approximately 43% White, 24% Hispanic, 18% Black, 14% Two or more.
Is Westwood Elem public or private?
Westwood Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Geary County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.